The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18

began sobbing. Mrs. Ferris and Dick tried
| to comfort her. Dicks efforts were the
more effectuaL Never mind, my sweet
heart" he whispered, ''think OF it sulv as .
| dream. II won't pay the mortgage. but 1t
will pay rent should we need it. Let Us
thank God for what He gives u.s."
By strong effort of will she raised q
! tear-stained, radiant face, shining with de-
| hight.
"You don't understand. The mortgage
| is paid. The farm is saved O, Dick. o,
motherr'
When her emotion had sHbsided, and in
reply to their eager questions, she took the
| selected letters and explained the treasure
"Here are two used Brsttleboros on let
| ter backs, WORTH almost any price, but a
dealer will pay $50 each. For these eight
| st. Louis stamps he will give, say, SIPS. He
will sell them for four times that. This set
of three on one letter is alone worth more
| than $125. Here are six New Havens, the
first 1 ever heard of. The genuine signed
reprints sell for SIS each. Put them at
500. These two thirty-cent stamps of 1859
notice that the shield is upside down-are
worth $50 and would bring 500 at sale.
Here are thirteen red horsemen one-cent
stamps of 1851, worth $40 each. Here are
if we could wait for buyers. See these
four curious double stamps, one cent
and three cents! Three are worth SO
each, but the fourth is one 1 never heard
of. The one-cent head is upside down. 1t
must be worth $50 Here are over dozen
of the rare three-cent envelopes of 1853.
Prof. Jennings paid s42 for the one he has.
These two War Department
envelopes are worth $50 each.
These two Goliad and these Eve Of Baton
Rouge can not be bought for 800. Here's
one envelope with twelve one penny stamps
on il. They have Y. r. in the corners.
Dealers charge $40 each and pay $50. Hero
are FIVE rare Sandwich Island stamps any
dealer will pay 500 for" She gathered up
the remaining letters. "For all these
dealers charge $50 or more each. No mat
ter how you are cheated, you can get from
$1,000 to $500 and what is lack
ing we can borrow"
''How can get the money for them be-
fore Saturday." asked Dick. "Whom shall
1 take chem toof'
''You can take the five o'clock train to
New York. will give you the names and
addresses Of the three principal dealers.
have their catalogues. Come down stairs
and we will divide them into three packets,
so as to offer not more Of one kind than we
can help to dealer. will mark on each
letter the price dealers charge for the
stamp, so that they will not beat you down
too much. These are all on the letters, so
there can be no question of their genuine
ness. This is Wednesday. You can get
back Friday night"
Her energy and faith brought hope and
comfort.
Dick was back Friday night. BE brought
$3.50 in greenbackS and a number Of the
stamps, which it was not necessary to sell.
These were added, with many that re-
manned in the trunk, to Susie's collection,
which was not sold, for a ''nest-egg." The
duplicates only were sold, but to advantage,
for that purpose.
The marriage was not postponed. "Never
destroys postage-stamp," said Grandfather
Ferris last week to young man who had
torn an envelope in pieces to get ont letter.
''If you take an old mans advice you will
start collection. If my daughter Susie
hadn't started one four years ago we might
now be on the town"
This was not fair to Dick, but old people
are forgetful.-T. E. WILSON, IN ". 7. World.